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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

January 1870

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Lunar month 1126Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1218Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1219Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Cold20Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1221Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, January 4, 1870

Lunar 一八六九年 · 腊月初三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1869-12-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1870-01-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1870-01-05

    In 1 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1870-01-20

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙子

腊月初三

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Train livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Move into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

Avoid

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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